From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Santa Claus flies a biplane and waves. A wreath is on the plane's rudder. The cartoon caption is "Merry Christmas," formed from the plane's exhaust.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is standing before the White House with a card that reads, "Incumbency clout...$$$$ Fed. grants and aid."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Independent presidential candidate John Anderson stands near two trees labeled "Reagan" and "Carter." Both trees are tapped to collect sap, with a bucket hanging from each tap....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The devil, holding a pitchfork and labeled "Deficit," is whispering in Reagan's ear, "They'll all respect you for hanging tough in budget compromise talks."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is sitting at a desk with a sign on it that reads, "Installment tax cuts." A large man labeled "Growing deficits" sits in a chair beside the desk and says to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a baseball player with a shirt labeled "Balanced budget team." He is looking upward at a baseball overhead, labeled, "Senate's tax cuts tied to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A slim man with the head of a donkey is dressed in shabby, patched clothes, and he holds a newspaper with a headline, “The Conoco story.” A much larger man with an elephant...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is dressed in a Boy Scout uniform and is labeled, "GUIDE-Lines." He appears anxious. Two men labeled "Prices" and "Wages" run up a hill past Carter, saying, "We'll...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An oil barrel is on its side, and Jimmy Carter is on top of it crosswise and face down. Two large clouds are nearby [smoke?], one labeled “Imported oil prices" and the other...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter walks a young boy out to a wood shed. The boy is labeled “Public.” Carter is thinking "1980" and carries a wooden paddle labeled "New energy plan." The boy’s...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is being held up. He holds a satchel labeled "U.S. oil dependency" in one hand. His other hand is raised, and he is looking over his shoulder at the robber, a man in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Paul Volcker, chairman of the Federal Reserve, is dressed as a firefighter. His helmet is labeled “FeD,” and his axe is labeled “Recession fighter.” He is sliding down a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elderly man with a beard looks out from the clouds and pours water from a watering can onto the landscape. He wears a top hat with a weather vane on top. In the background of...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An unhappy baby is in a stroller labeled "Recession." The baby's clothes and blanket are patched. The end of the stroller has a graph labeled "Economy" with a downward trend line. Two...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A woman [Rita Jenrette?] is holding a man's shoe stuffed with cash (labeled "$25,000") and showing it to a man labeled "Jenrette." John W. Jenrette says to her, "The tooth fairy brought...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Secretary of State George Schultz enters his office and is startled to see a very tall stack of papers in the "In" box on his desk. Sticking out of this stack of papers is one labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is holding a long list in one hand and an open sack in the other. The list has at the top, "Instructions for resolving hostage issue," then lines indicating other...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Walter Mondale is at a podium on a platform or stage in front of a curtain with a banner that reads, "Campaign 84." Mondale says, "I say Ronald Reagan is running away from the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Four small men labeled "Allies" are sitting on top of an oil barrel underneath a giant poster of Jimmy Carter dressed as Uncle Sam. Carter is pointing his finger and saying, "I...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan walks on a sidewalk in front of a storefront with a sign that reads, "Reagan campaign hdqrs." A man with an elephant head stands outside the door watching Reagan...
